/*
 * Copyright 2007 - The JDPF Project Team (http://www.jdpf.org) 
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
 * limitations under the License. 
 */
package org.jdpf.core.plugins.datatypes;

import org.jdpf.core.plugins.exceptions.PluginException;

public abstract class AbstractDataType {

	
	/**Method to get the content of the datatype
	 * @return the object that contains data
	 */
	public abstract Object getValue();
	
	public String getStringValue() throws PluginException{
		return this.toString();
	}
	
	/**
	 * @return The type of the datatype (usually the full class name indicates 
	 * the specific type of the datatype).
	 */
	public String getType(){
		return this.getClass().getCanonicalName();
	}
}
